fate of a 



cast with seeds! Only a few of these will have 

 landed in a hospitable place. The overwhelm- 

 ingly majority fell in the water to drown or on 

 rock ledges or other places to starve or wither. 

 The few fortunate enough to find unoccupied 

 and fertile places will still have to reckon with 

 devouring insects and animals. How different 

 may be the environment of two seedlings sprung 

 from seeds grown on the selfsame tree ! On their 

 commencement day two little atoms of life may 

 be separated by the wind : one finds shelter and 

 fertile earth ; the other roots in a barely livable 

 place on the cold, stormbeaten heights of tim- 

 ber-line. Both use their inherent energy and 

 effort to the utmost. One becomes a forest mon- 

 arch ; the other a dwarf, uncouth and ugly. 



